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        &nbsp; DocSearcher&nbsp;
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        DocSearcher is a document search tool. It uses the Open Source
        <b>Apache Lucene</b>, <b>Apache POI</b> and <b>Apache PDF Box</b>
        software to provide searching capabilities for
        <img src="icons/ft_html.png" alt="HTML Document"> HTML,
        <img src="icons/ft_word.png" alt="MS Word Document"> MS Word (including docx),
        <img src="icons/ft_excel.png" alt="MS Excel Document"> MS Excel (including xlsx),
        <img src="icons/ft_powerpoint.png" alt="MS Powerpoint Document"> MS Powerpoint (including pptx),
        <img src="icons/ft_rtf.png" alt="RTF Document"> RTF,
        <img src="icons/ft_pdf.png" alt="PDF Document"> PDF,
        <img src="icons/ft_oo.png" alt="OpenOffice Document"> LibreOffice, OpenOffice, StarOffice,
        <img src="icons/ft_oowriter.png" alt="OpenDocument Document"> OpenDocument
        and
        <img src="icons/ft_text.png" alt="Text Document"> text documents.
        No other file format are currently supported.
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        To perform a search you simply type in the <b>keywords</b> or <b>phrases</b> you are looking for
        and click the <b>search</b> button.<br>
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        The search results will be presented in a table.
        You can click on files as you would in a standard web browser.<br>
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        There are 4 types of searches you can perform with DocSearcher:
        <b>Keyword</b>, <b>Phrase</b>, <b>Boolean</b>, and <b>Wild Card</b>.
        The example queries below describe each of these type:
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            <th>Example search</th>
            <th>What they do</th>
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                <font color="blue">summer vacation</font><br>
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                -with &quot;keyword&quot; as &quot;type of search&quot;
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                Finds documents with the <b>keywords</b> &quot;summer&quot; and &quot;vacation&quot;<br>
                <br>
                This type of search is called a <b>keyword search</b>.
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                <font color="blue">summer vacation</font><br>
                <br>
                -with the &quot;phrase&quot; as &quot;type of search&quot;
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                Finds documents with the <b>phrase</b> &quot;summer vacation&quot;<br>
                <br>
                This type of search is called a <b>phrase search</b>.
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                <font color="blue">&quot;john smith&quot; -&quot;john brown&quot;</font>
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                Finds documents with the &quot;john smith&quot; but excludes document with &quot;john brown&quot;<br>
                <br>
                This type of search is called a <b>boolean search</b>.
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                <font color="blue">virtu*</font>
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                Finds documents with words that start with &quot;virtu...&quot;. For example virtuous, virtue, virtuosity, etc...<br>
                <br>
                This type of search is called a <b>wild card search</b>.
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        For more information about Lucene you can go to the Lucene website:
        <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/">http://lucene.apache.org/</a>.<br>
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        For more information and support you can go to the DocSearcher website:
        <a href="http://www.docsearcher.de">http://www.docsearcher.de</a>.<br>
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